Card
Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace
Mana cost {2}{B}{R}
Legendary Creature — Human Soldier 2/2
Decimate — When Legate Lanius enters, each opponent sacrifices a tenth of the creatures they control of their choice, rounded up. Whenever an opponent sacrifices a creature, put a +1/+1 counter on Legate Lanius.
No bracket restriction: playable from bracket 1. Part of 4 known combos. 1 official ruling.
- Commander
- Legal
- Printing
- Uncommon · PIP · #107
- Cheapest printing
- €0.25
- EDHREC salt
- 0.68
- Color identity
- Black, Red
- Keywords
- Decimate
Bracket
- B1 Exhibition — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B2 Core — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B3 Upgraded — allowed: No restriction at this bracket
- B4 Optimized — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
- B5 cEDH — allowed: No restriction beyond the banned list
Why
- No Game Changer, mass land denial, extra turn, tutor or two-card combo
How Lotus Vault estimates a bracket
Bracket: Lotus Vault analysis, with Commander Spellbook flags
Combos
4 known combos.
- Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace + Animation Module + Dictate of Erebos + Ashnod's Altar
Produces: Each opponent sacrifices all creatures they control, Each opponent sacrifices any creature that enters under their control, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace + Animation Module + Dictate of Erebos + Phyrexian Altar
Produces: Each opponent sacrifices all creatures they control, Each opponent sacrifices any creature that enters under their control, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook - Legate Lanius, Caesar's Ace + Animation Module + Dictate of Erebos + Thermopod
Produces: Each opponent sacrifices all creatures they control, Each opponent sacrifices any creature that enters under their control, Lock
View on Commander Spellbook
Combos: Commander Spellbook
Rulings
- 2024-03-08 · Wizards of the Coast
For example, when Legate Lanius's first ability resolves, an opponent who controls between one and ten creatures will sacrifice one creature. An opponent who controls between eleven and twenty creatures will sacrifice two creatures, and so on.
Rulings: Scryfall · Wizards of the Coast